Maya Road Design Team

Flower keepsake box

With a little bit of imagination, you can create anything . When creating projects I love to see how i can change things to make it more outside the square! My hubby always say's I create  my projects very much like my personality ... Sometime I don't know if he means it in a good way or a bad way.. so i am going to take it the positive way LOL!!!

So if you take these products

Flower chain book                                                            flower keepsake box

and a few added extra's you can create this:

It is all in the imagination, it can take you anywhere... we all have it!

the top tier to the Mad hatter box is a ice cream bucket... 

Other products used :

teapot chipboard Album

Wood Bingo

Wood mini spools

trinket buttons

Trinket pins

Trinket seasons Ribbons

frayed edge pleated trim

tulled pleat trim

Candy striped blossoms

foundation Chipboard

Coffee or tea mini chipboard set

So Roadies next time when creating your projects, push the boundries and think outside the square... your kids will love it! especially for birthday parties.  you will be the envy of the party.
I Can't wait to see what you create.

hugs Angella

Antiquated Collection Sampler

One thing I love stumbling upon while shopping in thrift stores, antique malls or flea markets are  vintage samplers. I love all that I find as each one is so unique. Well with all those samplers in mind, I created this piece. A project like this is a great way to use up all the extra baubles you might already have on hand in your scraproom. 

Another fun project to create using extra embellishments you might have stored away is this, what I call, junk style bracelet. All you need is a bracelet with bezels and some E6000 to attach the embellishments. I wore this one at CHA-W and it was pretty popular. 

So pull out all the extra Maya Road embellishments you have one, two or three pieces of and think about creating a sampler or bracelet. Both are super fun to make.

Hugs!
Lisa M. Pace 

Good Old Fashioned Textiles

I love fabrics, thread, ribbons, and trims.  I always have and can remember in my teen years that I found fulfilling quiet time with a needle and thread to be so soothing and inspirational.  Maya Road certainly does not fail to please me with the many textiles in their collection of products. 

The new Frayed Edge Pleated Trim and Canvas Shipping Tags seen here are a textile lovers dream... then add in the new Linen Burlap Trim and flowers and I am in heaven!  One of my favorites from Maya Road is still the Canvas Albums.  I love them all made up into an album, but I also like to use the canvas pages individually in my projects like I did for a banner that I made recently.

The base of my banner is made from a vintage hand towel and then it is loaded up with little mini canvases made from several of the coaster albums.

 


I treated each canvas page as you would a tag or a card that you are embellishing.  Trinket Blossoms were used to create a few flower gardens with embroidered stitches added for stems and french knots embellish the Crushed Velvet Ribbon and Ric Rac.


I even turned one of the canvas pages into a house by adding a roof and a door made from a Mini Chipboard Scalloped Frame.   Vintage Paper Posies, one of the new Tiny Rulers  and a Wood Bingo Motif piece adds to the "curb appeal".




Lots of the new Mini Organza Roses Trim was used to pretty up the piece.  I think it will probably be one of those things that I can't use enough of because the roses are the perfect size for trimming up so many things and I adore the netting edge.  Along one edge of the Roses Trim I added some embroidered cross stitches, but you could even machine sew some stitching there to add another bit of detail to your projects.

The Home Word Chipboard Album was used to make the "Home" on the banner.  I added fabric, paper,  a Medallion Flower for the "o"  and some hand stitching there also.

I loved the Bird Chipboard Coaster Book the first minute I saw it, so I wanted to used one of the pages too.  I machine stitched a piece of muslin onto it then used a Scallop Mini Banner pieces for a wing and Crystal Star Trinket Pin for a lovely little flourish.

There are so many Maya Road items on this banner that I'm sure I'll forget to link something.  It was so much fun to make and to see all of the wonderful product come together all in one place.  Be on the lookout for some of the new products that I used here and for the many other things in the CHA Winter Release.  You can go check them out at  the Company Blog HERE .... happy creating!

Linda :-)

Wood Bingo Magnets!

I wanted to share with you a quick and easy way to display your photos using the Wooden Bingo pieces from Maya Road! I made one for my scrap room but since it is in a bit of disarray from being relocated I thought I would show you a miniature version. Here's what you will need:

Maya Road Wooden Bingo Number pieces

Super strong magnets

Industrial strength adhesive (I used Super Glue!)

Picture hanging wire

First take your bingo piece and adhere a super strong magnet to the back of it. I used some that were super thin found at any hobby store. Once dry you are set!

Simply choose  your photographs and use the magnetic bingo piece to hold it to the metal wire. Some pictures may require two!

I chose Maya Road's Bingo pieces but so many of their products would work....especially the flowers or any of the chipboard pieces once you had altered them! The one that hangs in my   is about 7 feet long. I used two metal clips, tied the end of the picture hanging wire to them and then clipped them to my window valance. You could also hang this project vertically by hanging something with some weight to it on the bottom and loop at the top to hang it by! It's a quick and easy way to display photos, notes, papers, etc. and it allows you to be able to switch them out as needed.

Shelley Haganman

 

3x Non-Christmassy Cards!

It's soon Christmas, and with that - time to wrap up those Christmas-cards!
Here's two not-too-Christmassy-cards for your inspiration...(at least I tried to make them not too Christmassy - did it work?).

I'll freely admit - I'm totally in love with the Crystal Star trinket pins...I seriously need at least two more boxes of these! It's especially perfect for cards & tags...I also love the Let It Snow Stamp Sheet & the vintage wood snowflakes..wish I found some of the Snowflake Transparencies - White - it'd be perfect here, tucked in between the doily & the tag and banner...ahwell!

Maya Road suppplies:
Trinket Pin - Crystal Star
Let It Snow Stamp Sheet
Vintage Wood Snowflakes
Wood Bingo Numbers - red

The chipboard snowflake seen here is actually from an older version - I recall ordering a whole bag of these for me and the kids to paint white, add glitter & ribbon/twine so we could use them as Christmas Tree decorations..nevertheless..the chipboard snowflakes are now available in a newer and updated design found here. But - nothing's better than using up all the older bits and pieces you have lying at home, no? Makes you feel more ok about getting newer stuff...=)

Maya Road Supplies:
(vintage =) ) Chipboard Snowflakes
Vintage Paper Posies
Love Banner Stamp Sheet (for the stamped letters & star)

Also - you've seen the Early Winter Release 2012, right? :)

Using the Scallop Frames Chipboard Set , white crackle paint and Popsicle Blue Maya Mist I made this funky looking frame...frames stuff pretty nicely, doesn't? And I love the new large Kraft Ticket Strips..such a handy size and a great addition to the regular, small ones..

Maya Road supplies:
Scallop Frames Chipboard set
Maya Mist - blue popsicle
Kraft Large Ticket Strips

Hope these cards gave you some inspiration! And as an added bonus, here's a little Christmas-gift dressed up ever so slightly!

What you'll need: Kraft paper as wrapping paper, a small doily, Kraft journaling tag, Let it snow stamp sheet, bakers twine, letterstickers, watermark-stamp & white embossing powder (get a fine detail one if you can).

1. Stamp snowflake-motif on the tag
2. Heat emboss so it stands out.
3. Attach letters (God jul means Merry Christmas in Norwegian ;) )
4. Attach the tag with 3d-foam upon the doilywrapped gift.

- have a nice, relaxed weekend! :)

-Ania

Bottle Cap Advent Calendar

Good Morning Roadies!  It's December and that means the holidays are not far away!!  I've had this idea in my head since last year and have finally gotten around to getting it done.  It is HUGE! I love how it came out. 

 I started by spray painting the 4" bottle caps a dark metallic color.  I then tied all the bottle caps together to create my base.  Because it is so larger I thought it would be best to use a dowel at the top to hang the calendar from.

For the inside of each bottle cap I created a pocket from card stock to hold the candy for that day.  I added some punched snowflakes layered with chipboard snowflakes.  I finished them off with bingo numbers for each day.  I ended up painting each number dark brown to match! 

Products Used:

Bottle Caps

Bingo Numbers

Candy Stripes Ribbon

Snowflake Chipboard

Thanks for looking!

Jen

 

US Mini album with a sheer tip!

I created this "Us" mini album using the beautiful Scroll Edge Chipboard Binder Album.  My husband Andy & I celebrate 17 years of marriage this past summer & i wanted an album just about us.  I covered the front with tissue paper and then used a Maya Road Heart from the Canvas album.   I love the sheer alphabets and will show you a little tip down below on how to "color" them with Mists.  The canvas flowers went perfectly with a little mist washed across them.  Love the banner chipboard and the rub-ons fit perfectly on it. 

The interior pages were so fun to create using lots of Maya road products, especially those mists. 

I wanted to show you a quick tip on how to color those Sheer Alphabets.  You can either color the front for a loud splash of color or flip the piece over to have the color peeking through the sheer.

Next apply some clear liquid glue and drops of your favorite maya mists.  This one is Turquoise Metallic. 

I like to use my finger and just rub the mixture of clear glue & Maya Mists over the entire letter.  You could add in other colors as well just making sure you use similar colors (Analogous) or you will make mud.

It's so easy to make those sheers pop with Maya Mist.  Once it is dry, i sometimes take a black pen and trace along the outside to make the letters pop even more.

Have fun getting messy!

Ronda Palazzari

The alterability of Maya Road products.....

As a crafter that is one of my most favorite things about Maya Road and believe me I have many favorites. So many of the products that Maya Road offers allows you to manipulate and alter them to your liking. This little album is no exception! I started with the School Bus chipboard album and decided what I really wanted to do was a vacation album. So with a little creative cutting with my scissors I was able to transform a school bus  into something that looked more like a minivan!

 

 
 
 
 
 
I love combining and mixing elements and Maya Road products are so perfect for that! So the next time your are creating your Maya Road inspired project try altering it and making it your very own! Happy creating! Shelley Haganman

Counting Bus

This is a project that I made for CHAW 2011. I used lots of different products in this project and below are just a few for you:

 

 

Products used are: Bus Chipboard Album, Philadephia Chipboard Numbers, William Mini Chipboard Alphabet, Zipper trim White, Motifs Chipboard, Foundation Chipboard, Supernova Chipboard, Classic Label Coaster Album, Modern Label Coaster Album, Maya Mists in assorted colors and papers are by Echo park. I know there are other Items I have used but not listed...

I guess the idea of this sort of book could be a great way to get rid of lots of left over items you may have around your craft room. Here are the counting pages for you all:

 

Ands thats it!

Sarah Moore

"Hawaii" Shadow Box Book.....

One of Maya Road's new 2011 Winter releases was the ATC Shadow box. I fell in love with them as soon as I saw them! I received two of them and decided I would make them into a "book" of sorts where I could place some photos and mementos from my recent trip to Hawaii!

 

I started out by painting both of the shadow boxes white. When they were dry I added some patterned paper to the covers and sides. Since I wanted to make this a book I went to my local hardware store and found the hardware I needed to join by two boxes together. For the hinges and the clasp I used small brads to hold them in place instead of the screws that came with the hardware.

 
 
Now comes the fun part.....filling your shadow box with items and photos! I used many Maya Road products in this project. Pins, chipboard shapes, glitter, metal tins, canvas, ribbon, and wooden bingo pieces to name a few. A couple of my favorites was taking a small circle tin and filling it with sand and shells from Poipu Beach, Kauaii. Alittle Maya Road glitter to glam up the front and it looks fabulous! I also used some of that same sand by putting a layer of Glossy Accents in the bottom of a Maya Road Mega Bottle Cap and covering it with the sand. After letting it set I added some sticker letters. I also used Maya Road's chipboard windows set to make the cover of some accordion albums that fit inside the shadow box.

 
 
 
This album was everything I wanted it to be. A photo album and a collection of things that would remind me of my dream vacation! I hope this will inspire you to create your very own shadow box book and fill it with all the wonderful goodies that Maya Road has to offer! Their products are perfect for incorporating into your project and making it your own!